For the Record

U.S. run by corporations; administered by craven capitulators

The latest bit of evidence here.

More evidence here.

I think I'll just keep the list going for a while.  What fun!

Bank-friendly Dems threaten to block Financial Regulatory reform bill.

Death of public option causes health insurance stocks to climb 20-30% to a 52-year peak.

Obama sells out, and then sells out some more.

Follow the money.  And don't forget the iron law of institutions.

Wheee!

Read this; it's brilliant.

I think we can discharge that antecedent

A census worker going door to door in rural Kentucky was found hanging from a tree in a remote part of the Daniel Boone national forest, with the word 'Fed' scratched into his chest.  Thank god the FBI is on the job:

FBI spokesman David Beyer said the bureau is helping state police with the case.

"Our job is to determine if there was foul play involved – and that's part of the investigation – and if there was foul play involved, whether that is related to his employment as a census worker," said Beyer.

Maybe he's worried about the problem of skepticism.

UPDATE: turns out he was also found naked, gagged and bound.  Now that's one elaborate suicide!